The conflict in the Middle East has come to Pikesville in the form of a traveling museum that offers an inside look at life in Israel.Mobile users tap here to watch videoIn front of the Greenspring Shopping Center on Smith Avenue is a gray box that might not look like much, but the small eight-feet-by-10-feet space is a replica of a bomb shelter. The tight space inside the box and a video playing on a TV screen gives visitors a window into the life of an Israeli when sirens go off, signaling a Hamas attack."It's really claustrophobic in there. I'm thinking I'm the only one. Imagine if there were 20 people squished into that little square room. I'm so sorry for the kids who can't have a normal life because they never know when they're just going to have to pick up and run," said Leah Wolf, a museum visitor.The Baltimore Zionist District is hosting the bomb shelter museum that was created by the organization Artists for Israel, which intended to provide a multi-sensory experience. The images inside the cramped dark space show the 15 to 90 seconds Israelis have to take cover during a rocket attack."These are actual recordings of what takes place when Israelis hear the alert," said Rabbi Michael Meyerstein, executive director of the Baltimore Zionist District. "This has been repeated now over 2,500 times in the last three weeks.""They're trying to keep them positive and not let them know what's going on, but it's really sad," said Amanela Suhui, a museum visitor."This just puts a lot of what you hear in the news and radio in perspective. Even though it's just a controlled environment, it still has that effect," said Samuel Silver, a museum visitor."It gives you a better understanding, definitely, because it's dark and it's enclosed, and that's never a comfortable position to be in," said Crystal Fields, a museum visitor.The museum was recently in Washington, D.C., and it's the first time it has been left in a location for an extended period of time."It's our hope that it will also become a magnet for drawing others in the surrounding communities to want to explore and see just what this world is all about, you know -- the Israelis making such a big deal about a rocket coming in overhead. I guarantee you that if just one rocket were to fly over Pikesville today, people would be scared," Meyerstein said.

PIKESVILLE, Md. —

The conflict in the Middle East has come to Pikesville in the form of a traveling museum that offers an inside look at life in Israel.

In front of the Greenspring Shopping Center on Smith Avenue is a gray box that might not look like much, but the small eight-feet-by-10-feet space is a replica of a bomb shelter. The tight space inside the box and a video playing on a TV screen gives visitors a window into the life of an Israeli when sirens go off, signaling a Hamas attack.

"It's really claustrophobic in there. I'm thinking I'm the only one. Imagine if there were 20 people squished into that little square room. I'm so sorry for the kids who can't have a normal life because they never know when they're just going to have to pick up and run," said Leah Wolf, a museum visitor.

The Baltimore Zionist District is hosting the bomb shelter museum that was created by the organization Artists for Israel, which intended to provide a multi-sensory experience. The images inside the cramped dark space show the 15 to 90 seconds Israelis have to take cover during a rocket attack.

"These are actual recordings of what takes place when Israelis hear the alert," said Rabbi Michael Meyerstein, executive director of the Baltimore Zionist District. "This has been repeated now over 2,500 times in the last three weeks."

"They're trying to keep them positive and not let them know what's going on, but it's really sad," said Amanela Suhui, a museum visitor.

"This just puts a lot of what you hear in the news and radio in perspective. Even though it's just a controlled environment, it still has that effect," said Samuel Silver, a museum visitor.

"It gives you a better understanding, definitely, because it's dark and it's enclosed, and that's never a comfortable position to be in," said Crystal Fields, a museum visitor.

The museum was recently in Washington, D.C., and it's the first time it has been left in a location for an extended period of time.

"It's our hope that it will also become a magnet for drawing others in the surrounding communities to want to explore and see just what this world is all about, you know -- the Israelis making such a big deal about a rocket coming in overhead. I guarantee you that if just one rocket were to fly over Pikesville today, people would be scared," Meyerstein said.